Bovine. I generally hated on the original beast. Some chopping, beak adding (from robo hawk), duck legs, and maori tattoos later, I'm much happier. Also the shoulder spikes are actually the original bovine ears (horns were already taken).

HAPPY SNOW DAY! Before I venture out to deal with the two feet accumulating outside, thought I'd throw up a few more groups. Side note, special shout out thanks to optimusdrizzt for helping me acquire some extra spares I will need for group 24ish.

I saw those Panda eyes and just thought Batman. I don't know why. Carp arms cut down. Fun fact, the symbol on Bat Panda's chest is simply original Panda's back gear. Just swapped it around. It was meant to be.

Totally got the Billy Madison reference lol. I made the duck blue.....one of my favorites. I could recite the entire movie easy. Also...I just read yesterday about an albino giraffe. Weird!! Amazing stuff man!! You should do commissions lol I would love to have a custom beast made to look like my cat!! The wife would really love that one!! Lol she messes with me for two things in life. Collecting little rubber guys and the love for my cat! Though she's just as bad with the cat I get made fun of though! My favorite was the silver back!

Well, I got to thinking that just maybe it was possible to pull these guys into the real world in some form. I contacted Macod0shus, who gave his blessing, and so it goes. This was by far one of the hardest groups I've ever put together since it was really a struggle to adhere to designs that had no actual beast counterpart. Really, it was the crane that convinced me it was possible. Once I figured out how to create something close to the design lines, everything started falling into place. I tried, in the very least, to capture the feel of each.

I love this guy especially since I had been desperately trying to make a custom bear, but never had anything I loved. Bear head and torso with porcupine legs. I slightly shaped down rooster arms to get the look right. The tail is from a beaver back.

Ugh. A fish. How to make the face? This attempt was to cut, sand, repeat with a Duck head and then I added a squid head fin to the back. The body is a sheep and I added some kangaroo shoulder cannons. The arms are from a bear and the added fins were cut off a skunk's shin.

I really loved this design and really spent some time trying to get it just right. It was a close tie between a shaved down ram head and this Tapir head that I eventually used. I played with a few body configurations, but sometimes simplest is best (and makes the proportions work). Sloth body with sloth arms into antelope shoulders. I added in a little extra shoulder gear to give it more of the hump look. Side note: while searching for pictures of Giant Ground Sloths to compare to, I found the absolutely ridiculous Don Gluts Dinosaur page. How could I not click through every page?

I had some different ideas of how to put this guy together. Eventually the head is just a shaved down giraffe. Beaver torso and legs with flamingo arms. I cut and adjusted the angle of colonel bird's wings to get the wing look. I also added half a flamingo torso between the wings, theoretically allowing for duel stickers in the future. Why not!

Thank you Macod0shus for dreaming up these guys. It was difficult putting them together, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. Up Next: Part II (Mostly built, but no paint, so maybe in a week or so).

Oh man, what an honor to see this guys! Awesome work, its pretty cool seeing these 2D designs manifested like that. Thanks for sharing these shots. Really looking forward to seeing your next group. Really impressive work.